在加利福尼亞停車場發(fā)現(xiàn)的小海豹正在休息

在加利福尼亞停車場發(fā)現(xiàn)的小海豹正在休息

Firefighters in Redwood City, California, got a call about a lost visitor in a parking deck. It was a northern fur seal baby without a mother — a true fish out of water.

加州雷德伍德市的消防隊員接到一通電話，說有一位游客在停車場迷路了。這是一個沒有媽媽的北方海狗寶寶——一個離開水的真魚。

The firefighters rescued the pup — which they named Santos — and took him back to the fire station where he was picked up by the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito for monitoring and treatment.

消防隊員救出了這只名叫桑托斯的小狗，并把它帶回了消防站，索薩利托的海洋哺乳動物中心對它進(jìn)行了監(jiān)控和治療。

Initially, they gave the pup alone time for a day to let it decompress.

起初，他們給“小朋友”一天的時間讓它減壓。

Santos the rescued northern fur seal rests at The Marine Mammal Center. (Photo: © The Marine Mammal Center)

An exam by the center's veterinarians revealed the pup is a male in decent health and weighs 25 pounds.

該中心獸醫(yī)的檢查顯示，這只小海豹是一只健康狀況良好的公海豹，體重25磅。

They are currently tube-feeding Santos a fish formula three times a day. How the seal responds when volunteers offer fish will determine the next step. Veterinarians will decide later this week whether to move Santos from his temporary quarantine pen to a standard rehabilitation pool pen to continue his treatment. At that time, trained volunteer crews will begin to offer sustainably caught herring to try and induce normal foraging behavior, according to an update from the center.

目前，它們每天三次用管子給桑托斯喂魚。當(dāng)志愿者喂魚時，海豹的反應(yīng)將決定下一步的行動。獸醫(yī)們將在本周晚些時候決定是否將桑托斯從臨時隔離圍欄轉(zhuǎn)移到標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的康復(fù)池圍欄繼續(xù)治療。根據(jù)該中心的最新消息，屆時，受過訓(xùn)練的志愿者團(tuán)隊將開始提供可持續(xù)捕撈的鯡魚，以嘗試誘導(dǎo)正常的覓食行為。

They may also introduce him to the center's other northern fur seal pups in hopes it will learn to eat well on his own.

他們可能還會把它介紹給中心的其他北方海豹幼崽，希望它們能自己學(xué)會吃得好。

Santos is gently restrained by a trained animal care volunteer prior to a tube feeding at The Marine Mammal Center. (Photo: © The Marine Mammal Center)

Because northern fur seals are born in June, it's likely that Santos is about 5 months old.

因為北方海豹出生在六月，所以桑托斯大概有五個月大。

"It may have been separated from mom and took a wrong turn," Rulli says.

“它可能和媽媽分開了，走錯了方向，”Rulli說。

There's some speculation that the animal may have sought refuge in the garage, which is about a block and a half from a creek, according to SFGate.

有人猜測，這只動物可能是在車庫中避難，據(jù)SFGate稱，車庫距離一條小溪約一個半街區(qū)。

Fortunately, the pup appears to be responsive and alert, though not overly active. If all goes well, the pup will eventually be released. It will depend on how quickly he starts to forage on his own and how healthy he is.

幸運(yùn)的是，這只小海豹看起來反應(yīng)敏捷，但并不十分活躍。如果一切順利，這只小海豹最終將被釋放。這取決于它開始自己覓食的速度有多快，以及它有多健康。

"We want to make sure we send it back with ample fat reserves and the ability to find appropriate food sources," Rulli says. "It could be weeks, it could be months."

Rulli說:“我們想確保我們把它送回的時候有足夠的脂肪儲備和找到合適食物來源的能力?？赡苁菐字埽部赡苁菐讉€月。”

The seal pup is incredibly cute and is attracting lots of headlines, but Rulli cautions that people should never approach wildlife in a similar situation.

這只小海豹非?？蓯?，吸引了很多頭條新聞，但Rulli警告說，人們不應(yīng)該在類似的情況下接近野生動物。

"The best thing to do is to keep your distance if you're not using your zoom on your camera, you're too close," Rulli says. "It's important that people keep their distance and call their marine mammal responder or local police department."

“最好的辦法是保持距離，如果你不用你的變焦鏡頭，你離得太近了，”Rulli說。“重要的是人們要保持距離，打電話給他們的海洋哺乳動物急救員或當(dāng)?shù)鼐炀帧?rdquo;